Toy revolver.



No. 65|,399- Patented lune I2, |900. L. TEMPLIN.

TOY REVULVER.

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LERNER 'l lMPLlN, OF FLORENOE, COLORADO.-

TOY REVOLVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.651,399, dated June 12,1900.

Application filed February 2. 1900. Serial No. 3,725. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may con/cern:

Beit known thatl, LERNER TEMPLIN, a chizen of the United States,residing at Florence,

in the county of Fremont and State of Colorado, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Toy Revolvers, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to toy revolvers, the object being to provide adevice of this character of simple and inexpensive constructionemploying a revolvingcylinder having peripheral pockets to containexplosive caps and means forimparting a part-iai revolution to thecylinder by the cooking ot` the revolver.

The construction of the improvement. will be fully-described-hereinaiterand deli-ned in the appended claim, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specication, and-in which- Figure 1is a side elevation of the revolver with one-half of its casing removedto show the mechanism. I Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device. Fig. 3 isa side elevation of the revoluble cylinder. Fig. 4 is an edge view ofthe cylinder, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the ham-` shown at 6, tofacilitate the turning of the cylinder by hand in loadingit.

Adjacent toA the annular milled surface 6 the cylinder is formed withequidistant peripheral pocketsv 7, the walls 8 of which are beveled orundercut to engage the caps and retain them in position. y

Upon the shaft 5, concentric with the cylinder 4 and preferably madeintegral therewith, is a ratchet-wheel 9, the teeth of which have theiroutersurfaces beveled and are vadapted to be engaged by a dog 10,loosely pivoted to one side of an extension l1 of the trigger,saidextension being provided with o lugs 12 and 13, between which thedog ll() is guided. A spring 14 is secured at one end to the side ot thedog and its free end 15 is curved outward to bear against thc adjacentside of the shell. l

The hammer 16 and trigger 17, which are preferably formed'of a singlepiece, are pivotally secured within the shell creasing by a pivot pin orbolt 18, and below said pivot 18 the rear side of the hammer is formedwith a notch 1,9 to receivel the forward end ot' the m'ainspring 20, therear end of which is held in a notch 21, formed in the handle portion ofthe shell or casing.

2.2 designates a spring secured in front of the cylinder4 in position tobear against the milled surface li, the ends of said spring being heldin place between suitable lugs 23 and 24, as shown in Fig. 1. Thisspring 22 serves as a brake to limit or impedethe rotary movemeut of thecylinder.

The upper side of the section 1 ofthe shell is slotted at the point 25for the passage of point 26 to present the milled surface of thecylinderin position to be turned by the thumb or finger.

The utility and operation of the revolver will be readily understood.The pockets of inserting the latter from the right side of the cylinder,and the form of said pockets prevents the caps from dropping out astheicylinder revolves. The drawing back of the hammer causes the dog 10to move the cylinder a partial revolution, thus bringing one of thepockets, with its contained cap, into the path of the hammer.

The construction described provides a positive movement of vboth thehammer and cylinder, and the latter is firmly held at. the points towhich it is adjusted by the dog by means of the friction-spring 22.

An important characteristic of the invention is that the caps are soseparated from one another that there is no danger of the explosion .ofone cap igniting those contained .in the adjacent pockets, thusrendering the revolver entirely safe.

A further advantage of the invention'is that no specially-designedammunition is required,

the hammer, and the shell 2 is slotted' at the the cylinder are chargedwith paper caps by IOO the ordinary vpaper caps now eoinmonly used beingWell adapted for use with the revolver.

I claim- In a toy revolver, the combination with a slotted casing, of arevoluble cylinder zu# ranged therein; having peripheral pockets, and anannular milled surface; a ratchet, Wheel concentric With Said cylinder;a frie lion-spring bearing against sri-irl cylinder; a l

